Entry № 4226 · Greek origin

Hera Hera — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HEER-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Queen, lady, protectress"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "queen, lady, protectress".

Hera (Ἥρα) is the queen of the Greek gods — wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage, women, and childbirth. The Roman equivalent is Juno. The name's exact etymology is debated; possibilities include "lady," "protectress," or a connection to hōra (season, ripeness).

Hera is rising as a girl's name in the U.S. Three letters, queen of the gods.

Queen, lady, protectress — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ἥρα
Transliteration
Hḗra
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɪər.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hera stands.

Hera does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Heras before her.

Real people
Hera Hilmar
Icelandic actress.
born 1993
In fiction
Hera
Queen of the gods in Greek mythology.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Hera.

The number behind Hera.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hera reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.